TY - BOOK AU - Curtin,Deirdre TI - Executive power in the European Union: law, practices, and the living constitution T2 - The collected courses of the Academy of European Law SN - 9780191718281 (ebook) : AV - KJE5329 U1 - 342.2406 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Executive power KW - European Union countries KW - Administrative law N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The picture of Brussels-based bureaucrats exercising arbitrary executive powers is one of the favourite images conjured by Eurosceptics across the political spectrum. This book offers a richer understanding of the nature of the EU's powers, how they relate to national governments, and how they are controlled UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264087.001.0001 ER -